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a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in thecounty of Milwaukee, and in the State of lVisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binder-si; and l dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

stiff-back temporary binder, as well as stubs for connecting the binderand contents without injury to the latter; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafterspecified with ref- `thereto, as certain variations, especially in thesii-an S'rafrns Parenti @einen CYRUS E. MOREHOUSE, OF M1L\VAUKEE,lVlSCONSlN, ASSIGNOR TO THE MOR-EHOUSE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAMEPLACE.

TEMPORARY BiNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,860, dated January2, 1894.

Application filed October 9, 1893.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known thatl, Grans E. MoREHoUsn,

My invention has for its object to provide a erence to the accompanyingdrawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a temporarybinder embodying` my improvements; Figs. 2 and 3 detail sectional viewsof one of the stubs in connection with a periodical, and Fig. 4, adetail perspective View of a portion of the stub.

Referring by letter to the drawings A represents the top and B the undercover of the binder, each of these covers being provided with a flexiblejoint b to permit of their being laid back in the ordinary manner. Upsetin the rear portion of the cover B or otherwise rigidly connectedthereto is an inte-` riorly screw-threaded tube C, two or more of thelatter being employed in practice and arranged on the samel line at asuitable distance apart. Loose on each tube is a sleeve D, and engagingthe interior of said tube is a screw-threaded pin E, the latter beingpassed through a perforation in the top cover A and provided with asuitable head.

The construction and arrangement of parts thus far described aresubstantially the same as that set forth in my prior Patent No. 464,731,issued December 8, 1891, but I do not wish to be understood as limitingmyself matter of the posts formed by the tubes and telescopic sleeves,are possible without departure from the novel features hereinafterspecified.

As one of the novel features of the present invention I make the rearportion of each cover from stiff material, preferably metal,

Serial No. l1:87,'794. (No model l having an approximately right-anglecontour, whereby I provide inwardly extending flanges c d one of whichoverlaps the other, leather or other [lexible material c being employedto unite the two sections of each cover and thereby form the joint abovespecified, as well as to conceal certain details of construction. Bymeans of the rear portions of the cover I obtain a stiff back for thebinder and prevent torsional play of the contents.

Another novel feature of the present invention is the peculiar stubs forconnecting the binder and contents. Each stub comprises a spacing-stripF of card-board or other suitable stiff material and another strip G ofexible material pasted or otherwise rigidly secured to the former. Theiiexihle strip is of sufficient width to have a free portion fold overthe stiff strip and both are punched out to form registering openingsfor the passage of the binder posts. Periodicals or other matter areunited at the foldfof the flexible strip G by stitching or metallicclips g, the

latter being preferred inasmuch as they are neat, cheap and easilyapplied. The connection having been made, the free portion of theflexible strip is laid down on the noniieXible strip to which it isattached and the stub formed by these two strips slipped onto the postsin the binder.

By the employment of the stubs above specified it will be seen that thebound matter is not mutilated, and this is of especial advantage inconnection with periodicals. It will also be observed that theemployment of said stubs permits of periodicals being laid fiat openleaf by leaf, a result of materialimportance when two-page illustrationsoccur.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A temporary binder having the rear portion of each cover providedwith a stiff in- ,tur-ned flange, substantially as set forth.

as to have a free portion that folds on the other, substantially as setforth.

4. A temporary binder stub Comprising rigidly united flexible andnonf1exible strips, 5 the former of these strips being of such width asto have a free portion that folds on the other, the fold and unitedportions of the strips being provided with registering` openings atsuitable intervals, substantially as set 1o forth.

5. A temporary binder comprising a pair of Covers having stiff intnrnedand overlapping back flanges, suitable posts intermediate of the covers,and perforated stubs engaging the posts, eaoh stub having a folding:portion atx5 taehable to contents of said binder, substantially as setforth.

vIn testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,atMilvvaukee,in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wiszo oonsin, inthe presence of two Witnesses.

OYRUS E. MOREHOUSE. l/Vitnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, HENRY DANKERT.

